The Census of Marine Life has released the most comprehensive inventory life in the ocean today. It's an unprecedented database of marine species living in 25 key ocean areas around the world.

The findings published in the open access scientific journal Plus One, describes species found in oceanic regions ranging from A Antarctic waters, to the tropics, to temporary waters throughout the world, and the Arctic.

This's the first time ever that all the information is available in one single source for the public worldwide. So anyone around the world who wants know about Caribbean marine diversity for example, just goes to one place, clicks, we'll have full article, and then we'll also have, through the supporting material, we'll have list of species of the most representative or most studied groups in the area.